Gender Differences on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test. Evaluation through211 Follow-Up

摘要

Since 1977 the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) has been used as an211u001eadmission test for applicants to higher education in Sweden. Permanently the test 211u001eresults have shown gender differences in favor of male test takers and this has 211u001ebrought about an animated public debate. The present study focuses on the gender 211u001edifferences in the SweSAT scores, when differences in test scores from the age of 211u001e13, marks from compulsory school and the test takers' upper-secondary education 211u001eare taken into account.